Miss Vincent’s Vow
Release Date: December 6, 2024
About the Author: Rachel writes faith-based Regency romance with rich historical detail. Already addicted to happy endings, Rachel first read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the age of thirteen and fell in love, not only with Mr Darcy, but with the entire Regency period. Since 2011, she has been blogging about her research on the Regency History blog. She writes historical non-fiction based on this research.
Rachel lives in the beautiful Georgian seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset, on the south coast of England, with her husband, Andrew. They have four grown-up daughters and a growing number of grandchildren.
MY REVIEW
Left in penury at her father’s death, Cassandra Vincent places an advertisement in the newspaper at Weymouth offering her services as a companion. Rising businessman Jethro Hunt answers the advertisement, offering a different sort of companionship than she had in mind: matrimony. Trusting in Jethro’s reputation as an honest, god-fearing man, Cassandra resolves to enter into matrimony with him, making vows “till death do us part” with a man she hardly knows.
What follows is the story of two sweet but stubborn souls striving to become one. Cassandra tries to do her duty and elevate her husband’s standing in good society but is thwarted at every turn by Jethro’s prickliness, by a rival businessman’s petty wife, and by misunderstandings, chance, and circumstance. Jethro seeks to turn his marriage of convenience into a true marriage of hearts but is stymied by his ignorance of the female psyche, by Cassandra’s infuriating relatives, and by constant interruptions every time a kiss seems imminent.
Normally, misunderstandings make a weak plot in a romance novel, but in Miss Vincent’s Vow, the constant misunderstandings and interruptions almost reach the level of comedy. I couldn’t wait to see what obstacle would come between the hero and heroine next. The supporting characters of Cassandra’s heartbroken brother and snooty sister add life to the story, and the descriptions of the author’s own hometown of Weymouth add colour. The theme of love being a choice not a sentimental feeling is prominent throughout. Readers of inspirational Regency romance will be delighted with this one. Recommended.
The doctor gave her a long stare. “Your husband has a robust constitution. He should make a full recovery, but if complications arise, who can say? If his condition worsens, call me again. Maybe then you will listen to reason and allow me to bleed your husband.”
“Thank you. I will.”
The man shook his head from side to side as he packed up his bag, muttering under his breath about women who thought they knew better than doctors.
Cassandra showed him out of the room and then she was alone with Jethro.
“That was brave of you, to stand up to Mr Cooper.”
“It was necessary.”
“Thank you, I think. Though if I die, we’ll know it was a mistake.”
There was a half-smile on Jethro’s lips as he spoke, and Cassandra chuckled. “What an odd time to develop a sense of humour.”
-Miss Vincent’s Vow by Rachel Knowles
Romance with Humor and Heart 
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